Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
The City of Detroit has a long and growing list of resources for small business owners looking to put roots down. Whether it’s Motor City Match, Hatch, NEIdeas, there’s plenty of opportunity for business owners. Hatch Detroit is one of the top grant competitions that happens every year, giving away $50K to one lucky winner.
GRAND RAPIDS — A new venture capital fund in West Michigan closed on its first deal this week. Grand Ventures I LP was part of a syndicate of investors that invested $3.5 million in Cincinnati, Ohio-based Astronomer Inc., a company that provides a platform for clients to collect and analyze data. The deal came after Grand Ventures — which targets
ROYAL OAK - SnugLit, a wearable, portable solution to infant jaundice, is the latest product from TheraB Medical, an East Lansing startup. Its Chief Executive Officer, Alexa Jones, is working with Inforum’s inGage, a mentoring program for second-stage female entrepreneurs, to take her company to the next level. inGage Director Tember Shea interviews Jones on
ROYAL OAK - Tech248 Co-Founder Irene Spanos interviews 365 Retail Markets' CEO Joe Hessling and COO John Chidiac who explain the rapidly growing, self-checkout technology company that has been revolutionizing the vending machine industry since 2008. 365 Retail Markets is a turnkey, unmanned market that allows customers to increase sales, improve the customer experience, and increase
DETROIT - Techstars Mobility announced Wednesday four new partners for Techstars Mobility for 2017: Next47 (division of Siemens), Bosch, InMotion (powered by Jaguar Land Rover), and AAA. In addition, Mighty AI, is opening an office in Detroit operating out of the Techstars Mobility office. The four new partners join existing partners Ford, Verizon, Dana, Honda,
ROYAL OAK - Nicole Pasuit, CEO of TechStak, interviews two of the five women who joined her on May 25 on the Women Tech Founders Panel at Detroit Start Up Week. Sharing their entrepreneurial experiences were Elizabeth Mays of MCS Multimedia, a legacy family company of Mays Printing, serving the community for over 70 years,
LUDINGTON – One lucky entrepreneur with a viable business idea or with less than $100,000 in sales annually will win $50,000 in prize money in a “Shark Tank”-style competition in front of a live audience Sept. 15. And the only catch is the winner must start or relocate the business in Mason County Northern Michigan.
DETROIT - TechTown Detroit announced the launch of Ask an Expert: free consultations for startups and small businesses with members of TechTown’s Professional Services Network. TechTown’s PSN is an extensive network of professionals from the metro Detroit business community who offer their expertise to help Detroit businesses develop, launch, stabilize and grow. Areas of expertise
ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews Grace Montero, Co-Founder, Social Sushi, a pop up networking event and catering company, and a student in Inforum’s InGAGE training program. Social Sushi has hosted pop-ups at Queens Bar and Our/Detroit Vodka bringing a diverse group of Detroiters together for great sushi and lots of laughs. To hear
WASHINGTON DC - TechConnect invites entrepreneurs to submit innovative technology ideas and proposals to address the new energy challenges for funding and partnership through its GameChanger program. Shell will be meeting with prospective entrepreneurs at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, May 14-17 in Washington, D.C. Shell GameChanger is soliciting early-stage innovative technology solutions and proposals
